Job description

Citi is looking for a Senior Vice President, Product Manager to join its Global Clearing organization and lead the strategic direction of next-generation payments, clearing, settlement, and digital money solutions. In this role, you will define how money moves across the global financial system — shaping institutional payment infrastructure, driving digital asset innovation, and helping Citi maintain its leadership position in global clearing. This is a rare opportunity to influence the future of cross-border payments and settlement at the scale of one of the world's most connected financial institutions. Responsibilities: • Define and execute the strategic product roadmap for next-generation payments, encompassing always-on 24/7 payment capabilities, Citi Token Services, and real-time liquidity and settlement solutions. • Lead Citi's product strategy and engagement across industry-transforming payments and settlement initiatives, with a focus on emerging digital money frameworks, tokenized assets, and the evolution of financial market infrastructure. • Develop long-term business and product strategies that protect and grow Citi's Global Clearing franchise while identifying opportunities for revenue generation, client acquisition, and market expansion. • Drive innovation across tokenized deposits, programmable money, digital settlement assets, and interoperability models, bridging traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital ecosystems. • Collaborate with clients, financial institutions, central banks, market infrastructures, fintechs, and industry consortia to shape the future of cross-border payments and digital value exchange. • Partner across Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, and Sales to translate strategic priorities into scalable, commercially viable client solutions. • Represent Citi in industry forums and strategic working groups where the standards and infrastructure of future payments, clearing, and settlement are being defined. • Analyze competitive market landscapes, client needs, and emerging trends to identify threats, opportunities, and innovation priorities across the payments ecosystem. Qualifications: • 10+ years of experience in product management, payments, financial market infrastructure, or a closely related field. • Deep knowledge of the payments ecosystem, including clearing and settlement mechanics, institutional payment flows, and financial market infrastructures. • Ability to translate complex strategic priorities into clear product roadmaps and commercially viable client solutions. • Strong analytical and decision-making capability, with a track record of identifying market opportunities and acting on them effectively. • Clear and concise communicator, able to engage senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners with confidence and credibility. • Ability to manage competing priorities independently in a fast-moving environment, adjusting focus as circumstances evolve. • Familiarity with digital assets, tokenized money, programmable payment infrastructure, or decentralized finance concepts as applied to institutional finance. • Experience engaging with central banks, regulatory bodies, or industry consortia on payments or financial market infrastructure topics. • Knowledge of marketing strategy, client acquisition, pricing, or product commercialization in a financial services context. • Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline. Education: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent university-level qualification. What We Offer: Joining Citi's Global Clearing team means stepping into one of the most strategically significant product roles in institutional finance — with the platform, reach, and resources to influence how money moves globally. Senior leaders here operate with real ownership, meaningful autonomy, and access to a network spanning central banks, fintechs, financial institutions, and global regulators. • Strategic ownership over a high-profile product portfolio that sits at the intersection of institutional payments, digital assets, and global financial market infrastructure. • Direct influence on Citi's competitive position in global clearing, with the scope to shape industry direction through external forums, consortia, and strategic partnerships. • Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely. • Cross-functional exposure across Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, and Sales at a global scale. This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. #LI-MC7 ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Product Management and Development ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Product Management ------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time ------------------------------------------------------ Primary Location: New York New York United States ------------------------------------------------------ Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $163,600.00 - $245,400.00 In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire. ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ Anticipated Posting Close Date: sept 16, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------ Automated Processing and AI We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi. Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details. Illinois residents – AI Notice and Right ------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi . 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Define and execute the strategic product roadmap for next-generation payments, encompassing always-on 24/7 payment capabilities, Citi Token Services, and real-time liquidity and settlement solutions.
Develop long-term business and product strategies that protect and grow Citi's Global Clearing franchise while identifying opportunities for revenue generation, client acquisition, and market expansion.
Drive innovation across tokenized deposits, programmable money, digital settlement assets, and interoperability models, bridging traditional financial infrastructure with emerging digital ecosystems.
Collaborate with clients, financial institutions, central banks, market infrastructures, fintechs, and industry consortia to shape the future of cross-border payments and digital value exchange.
Partner across Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, and Sales to translate strategic priorities into scalable, commercially viable client solutions.
Represent Citi in industry forums and strategic working groups where the standards and infrastructure of future payments, clearing, and settlement are being defined.
Analyze competitive market landscapes, client needs, and emerging trends to identify threats, opportunities, and innovation priorities across the payments ecosystem.
10+ years of experience in product management, payments, financial market infrastructure, or a closely related field.
Deep knowledge of the payments ecosystem, including clearing and settlement mechanics, institutional payment flows, and financial market infrastructures.
Ability to translate complex strategic priorities into clear product roadmaps and commercially viable client solutions.
Strong analytical and decision-making capability, with a track record of identifying market opportunities and acting on them effectively.
Clear and concise communicator, able to engage senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners with confidence and credibility.
Ability to manage competing priorities independently in a fast-moving environment, adjusting focus as circumstances evolve.
Familiarity with digital assets, tokenized money, programmable payment infrastructure, or decentralized finance concepts as applied to institutional finance.
Experience engaging with central banks, regulatory bodies, or industry consortia on payments or financial market infrastructure topics.
Knowledge of marketing strategy, client acquisition, pricing, or product commercialization in a financial services context.
Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent university-level qualification.
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Product Management and Development ------------------------------------------------------
Product Management ------------------------------------------------------
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New York New York United States ------------------------------------------------------
$163,600.00 - $245,400.00

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